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This section looks at the demand for the Systems Administrator role in IT contracts across the UK compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Systems Administrator in their job title over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSystem Administrator
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank174162
Rank change on same period last yearDown-12
Matching contract IT job ads7021012
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.936 %1.024 %
As % of the category below1.040 %1.117 %
Daily rates quoted212300
Average minimum daily rate£324£352
Average daily rate£349£369
% change on same period last year-5.54 %
Average maximum daily rate£373£386
UK excluding London average daily rate£362£343
% change on same period last year+5.38 %
Hourly rates quoted43132
Average minimum hourly rate£23.36£27.95
Average hourly rate£25.58£29.18
% change on same period last year-12.35 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.79£30.41
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.21£29.14
% change on same period last year-10.06 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
UK
Matching contract IT job ads6752690610
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled90.01 %91.67 %
Daily rates quoted2212126824
Average minimum daily rate£378£390
Average daily rate£404£415
% change on same period last year-2.75 %
Average maximum daily rate£430£440
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£353
% change on same period last year+1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted56807267
Average minimum hourly rate£22.08£24.52
Average hourly rate£23.72£26.04
% change on same period last year-8.88 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.36£27.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.51£25.99
% change on same period last year-9.54 %

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Systems Administrator
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Systems Administrator within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Systems Administrator Demand Trend

Systems Administrator
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Systems Administrator within the UK.

Systems Administrator Daily Rate Trend

Systems Administrator
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Systems Administrator within the UK over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Systems Administrator Daily Rate Histogram

Systems Administrator
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Systems Administrator within the UK.

Systems Administrator Hourly Rate Trend

Systems Administrator
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Systems Administrator within the UK over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Systems Administrator Hourly Rate Histogram

Systems Administrator
Top 30 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Administrator within the UK over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-4657£349-6.27 %
LondonUp+20353£338-13.16 %
City of LondonUp+10107£309-27.66 %
South EastDown-1490£366-1.50 %
North WestUp+1076£396+29.53 %
East of EnglandDown-2545£345+4.38 %
South WestDown-732£305-12.75 %
CheshireUp+730£445+58.92 %
ScotlandDown-829£311+12.71 %
YorkshireDown-522--
HampshireUp+2522£400-6.97 %
SurreyDown-720£371+3.49 %
ManchesterDown-919£350+34.61 %
OxfordshireUp+816£278-
HertfordshireDown-1316£286-7.88 %
CambridgeshireDown-313£246-18.05 %
EdinburghDown-712--
CambridgeUp+1011£246-18.05 %
East MidlandsDown-611£292-7.03 %
West MidlandsDown-411--
West YorkshireDown-810--
BerkshireDown-210£363-0.19 %
CumbriaUp+49£337-
KnutsfordNew entry-9£425-
Northern IrelandNew entry-9£325-
MidlandsUp+88£440-
North EastUp+178£350-30.00 %
County AntrimNew entry-8£325-
BelfastNew entry-8£325-
DevonNew entry-8£316-

Systems Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Systems Administrator in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Systems Administrator in their job title.

1717 (51.10 %)UNIX
2524 (37.35 %)Solaris
3480 (34.21 %)Linux
4359 (25.59 %)Windows
5284 (20.24 %)Finance
6255 (18.18 %)Red Hat
7232 (16.54 %)AIX
8219 (15.61 %)VERITAS
9209 (14.90 %)Oracle
10192 (13.68 %)Sun
11186 (13.26 %)Active Directory
12184 (13.11 %)Perl
13177 (12.62 %)TCP/IP
14174 (12.40 %)SAN
15163 (11.62 %)HPUX
16158 (11.26 %)Shell Script
17156 (11.12 %)Apache
18136 (9.694 %)HP
19129 (9.195 %)SQL
20125 (8.909 %)Microsoft
21110 (7.840 %)Windows Server 2003
22102 (7.270 %)VMware
22102 (7.270 %)MySQL
23100 (7.128 %)DNS
2498 (6.985 %)Banking
2594 (6.700 %)IBM
2692 (6.557 %)NetBackup
2788 (6.272 %)Windows 2000
2788 (6.272 %)Exchange Server 2003
2887 (6.201 %)Firewall

Systems Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Systems Administrator in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Systems Administrator in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
169 (4.918 %)WebSphere
257 (4.063 %)Middleware
342 (2.994 %)J2EE
420 (1.426 %)XML
519 (1.354 %)HTML
617 (1.212 %).NET
711 (0.784 %)WebServices
810 (0.713 %)LAMP
810 (0.713 %)JSP
99 (0.641 %)ASP.NET
106 (0.428 %)DCOM
106 (0.428 %)ASP
106 (0.428 %)Spring
115 (0.356 %)X-Windows
115 (0.356 %)Struts
115 (0.356 %)ODBC
115 (0.356 %)CORBA
115 (0.356 %)ActiveX
124 (0.285 %)Servlets
133 (0.214 %)WSH
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1156 (11.12 %)Apache
288 (6.272 %)Exchange Server 2003
385 (6.058 %)Tomcat
479 (5.631 %)MS Exchange
570 (4.989 %)IIS
641 (2.922 %)Exchange Server 2000
737 (2.637 %)JBoss
833 (2.352 %)WebLogic
922 (1.568 %)SharePoint
1018 (1.283 %)Lotus Notes
1114 (0.998 %)WebSphere Application Server
1114 (0.998 %)WebSphere MQ
1213 (0.927 %)CMS
1311 (0.784 %)Resin
149 (0.641 %)Exchange Server 5.5
157 (0.499 %)Exchange Server 2007
166 (0.428 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
166 (0.428 %)MQSeries
175 (0.356 %)SAS
175 (0.356 %)Lotus Domino
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
149 (3.493 %)MS Excel
239 (2.780 %)MS Office
35 (0.356 %)MS PowerPoint
35 (0.356 %)MS Visio
42 (0.143 %)Maya
42 (0.143 %)3ds Max
42 (0.143 %)Spreadsheet
51 (0.071 %)Photoshop
51 (0.071 %)MS Project
51 (0.071 %)MATLAB
51 (0.071 %)S-PLUS
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
19 (0.641 %)WebTrends
27 (0.499 %)Oracle Financials
27 (0.499 %)Oracle 11i
27 (0.499 %)Academy Housing
36 (0.428 %)Oracle Applications
44 (0.285 %)arcHouse
44 (0.285 %)Cognos Planning
53 (0.214 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
53 (0.214 %)Line 500
53 (0.214 %)Oracle EBS
53 (0.214 %)Hyperion Enterprise
53 (0.214 %)Summit
53 (0.214 %)Global One
62 (0.143 %)MAXIMO
71 (0.071 %)SAP FI/CO
71 (0.071 %)SAP R/3
71 (0.071 %)SAP FI
71 (0.071 %)SAP CO
71 (0.071 %)HFM
71 (0.071 %)Applix TM1
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1177 (12.62 %)TCP/IP
2174 (12.40 %)SAN
3100 (7.128 %)DNS
487 (6.201 %)Firewall
557 (4.063 %)WAN
654 (3.849 %)LAN
745 (3.207 %)Internet
843 (3.065 %)LDAP
930 (2.138 %)DHCP
930 (2.138 %)SNA
1018 (1.283 %)FTP
1114 (0.998 %)SNMP
1114 (0.998 %)Network Security
1213 (0.927 %)VPN
1312 (0.855 %)SMTP
1411 (0.784 %)VoIP
1510 (0.713 %)SMS
169 (0.641 %)Ethernet
169 (0.641 %)HTTP
169 (0.641 %)MPLS
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1102 (7.270 %)MySQL
284 (5.987 %)SQL Server
333 (2.352 %)Oracle 10g
420 (1.426 %)RDBMS
420 (1.426 %)SQL Server 2000
514 (0.998 %)SQL Server 2005
514 (0.998 %)Oracle 8/8i
514 (0.998 %)Oracle 9i
612 (0.855 %)BusinessObjects
78 (0.570 %)MS Access
78 (0.570 %)Oracle Reports
78 (0.570 %)TOAD
86 (0.428 %)DB2
86 (0.428 %)Crystal Reports
86 (0.428 %)SQL Server 7
86 (0.428 %)PostgreSQL
95 (0.356 %)Hyperion Essbase
95 (0.356 %)SQL Navigator
104 (0.285 %)Datawarehouse
113 (0.214 %)DTS
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
112 (0.855 %)Subversion
25 (0.356 %)Visual Studio
34 (0.285 %)Flash
34 (0.285 %)ClearCase
34 (0.285 %)Ant
43 (0.214 %)Eclipse
52 (0.143 %)Oracle Forms
52 (0.143 %)Bugzilla
61 (0.071 %)TeamTrack
61 (0.071 %)CruiseControl
61 (0.071 %)Dreamweaver
61 (0.071 %)FrontPage
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1284 (20.24 %)Finance
298 (6.985 %)Banking
344 (3.136 %)Investment Banking
433 (2.352 %)Telecoms
529 (2.067 %)Government
617 (1.212 %)Legal
712 (0.855 %)Back Office
811 (0.784 %)Retail
910 (0.713 %)Financial Institution
910 (0.713 %)Health
109 (0.641 %)Publishing
118 (0.570 %)General Ledger
118 (0.570 %)Front Office
127 (0.499 %)Law
127 (0.499 %)Games
136 (0.428 %)Manufacturing
136 (0.428 %)Pharmaceutical
145 (0.356 %)Military
154 (0.285 %)Auditing
154 (0.285 %)Automotive
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
161 (4.348 %)Clustering
260 (4.277 %)HACMP
314 (0.998 %)NHS
49 (0.641 %)Blackberry
49 (0.641 %)Blog
58 (0.570 %)Firmware
67 (0.499 %)Management Information System
67 (0.499 %)Handset
67 (0.499 %)Computer Science
76 (0.428 %)Replication
76 (0.428 %)CLARiiON
76 (0.428 %)Client/Server
85 (0.356 %)Mainframe
94 (0.285 %)AS400
94 (0.285 %)Statistics
94 (0.285 %)Fixed Income
94 (0.285 %)Wiki
103 (0.214 %)IPTV
103 (0.214 %)Market Risk
112 (0.143 %)Web 2.0
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1717 (51.10 %)UNIX
2524 (37.35 %)Solaris
3480 (34.21 %)Linux
4359 (25.59 %)Windows
5232 (16.54 %)AIX
6163 (11.62 %)HPUX
7110 (7.840 %)Windows Server 2003
888 (6.272 %)Windows 2000
937 (2.637 %)Windows NT
1033 (2.352 %)Windows XP
1128 (1.996 %)SUSE
1215 (1.069 %)Debian
1215 (1.069 %)Tru64
1314 (0.998 %)OpenVMS
1314 (0.998 %)FreeBSD
149 (0.641 %)Mac OS X
158 (0.570 %)Fedora
167 (0.499 %)NetWare
174 (0.285 %)VMS
182 (0.143 %)IRIX
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
185 (6.058 %)Security Cleared
260 (4.277 %)Migration
358 (4.134 %)ITIL
452 (3.706 %)Disaster Recovery
551 (3.635 %)SC Cleared
633 (2.352 %)Load Balancing
730 (2.138 %)Security Management
829 (2.067 %)Change Management
927 (1.924 %)Project Management
1026 (1.853 %)Performance Management
1124 (1.711 %)Configuration Management
1217 (1.212 %)DV Cleared
1314 (0.998 %)User Acceptance Testing
1413 (0.927 %)Problem Management
1512 (0.855 %)Content Management
1611 (0.784 %)Data Migration
1710 (0.713 %)Service Management
189 (0.641 %)Logistics
189 (0.641 %)OO
198 (0.570 %)E-Commerce
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1184 (13.11 %)Perl
2158 (11.26 %)Shell Script
3129 (9.195 %)SQL
479 (5.631 %)Java
575 (5.346 %)Korn
646 (3.279 %)PHP
730 (2.138 %)VB
820 (1.426 %)C
918 (1.283 %)VBScript
1015 (1.069 %)PL/SQL
1114 (0.998 %)Python
1114 (0.998 %)AWK
129 (0.641 %)C#
138 (0.570 %)VBA
145 (0.356 %)VB6
154 (0.285 %)Ruby
154 (0.285 %)C++
154 (0.285 %)JavaScript
163 (0.214 %)Transact-SQL
163 (0.214 %)PHP5
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
173 (5.203 %)Microsoft Certification
261 (4.348 %)MCSE
344 (3.136 %)Cisco Certification
434 (2.423 %)Degree
533 (2.352 %)CCNA
625 (1.782 %)RHCE
79 (0.641 %)MCP
86 (0.428 %)MCSA
86 (0.428 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
86 (0.428 %)Sun Certification
95 (0.356 %)RHCT
104 (0.285 %)CCNP
113 (0.214 %)VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
113 (0.214 %)ITIL Certification
122 (0.143 %)CCSA
122 (0.143 %)SCSA
122 (0.143 %)CCSE
122 (0.143 %)A+ Certification
122 (0.143 %)HND
131 (0.071 %)MCDBA
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
123 (1.639 %)SLA
24 (0.285 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
33 (0.214 %)QA
42 (0.143 %)GxP
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1186 (13.26 %)Active Directory
292 (6.557 %)NetBackup
346 (3.279 %)VMware ESX
442 (2.994 %)NFS
541 (2.922 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
634 (2.423 %)VMware Infrastructure
724 (1.711 %)Samba
821 (1.497 %)Squid
917 (1.212 %)Backup Exec
917 (1.212 %)ISA Server
1013 (0.927 %)Terminal Services
116 (0.428 %)Citrix Presentation Server
125 (0.356 %)Oracle RAC
125 (0.356 %)Xen
134 (0.285 %)Terminal Server
143 (0.214 %)MetaFrame
143 (0.214 %)Oracle RMAN
152 (0.143 %)Nmap
152 (0.143 %)Novell eDirectory
161 (0.071 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
168 (4.847 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
267 (4.775 %)Tivoli
330 (2.138 %)OpenView
427 (1.924 %)HP Data Protector
518 (1.283 %)BMC PATROL
617 (1.212 %)Norton AntiVirus
716 (1.140 %)EMC NetWorker
815 (1.069 %)Legato
914 (0.998 %)WSUS
1013 (0.927 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
1112 (0.855 %)MOM
129 (0.641 %)Tivoli Monitoring
136 (0.428 %)AutoSys
136 (0.428 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
145 (0.356 %)Nagios
145 (0.356 %)Netcool
154 (0.285 %)Netcool/Proviso
154 (0.285 %)ARCserve
163 (0.214 %)CONTROL-M
163 (0.214 %)Tivoli Remote Control
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1255 (18.18 %)Red Hat
2219 (15.61 %)VERITAS
3209 (14.90 %)Oracle
4192 (13.68 %)Sun
5136 (9.694 %)HP
6125 (8.909 %)Microsoft
7102 (7.270 %)VMware
894 (6.700 %)IBM
976 (5.417 %)Citrix
1072 (5.132 %)EMC
1165 (4.633 %)Cisco
1227 (1.924 %)Symantec
1227 (1.924 %)Remedy
1227 (1.924 %)Agresso
1323 (1.639 %)NetApp
1422 (1.568 %)BMC
1422 (1.568 %)Intel
1520 (1.426 %)Lotus
1619 (1.354 %)SAP
1718 (1.283 %)Sybase
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